Torrentfreak.com: These Pirate Parties Plan to Enter The European Parliament

Hi folks ! :D

It seems like relatively unnoticed the European Parliament gets more and mo=
re captured by pirates. Whereas last elections of the European Parliament i=
n 2009 the pirate party only participated in 3 countries and could bring 2 =
pirates in the European Parliament, on the upcoming elections of the Europe=
an Parliament, which take place from 22th of May to 25th of May, the pirate=
 party are running for elections in 17 of the 28 EU member states and has v=
ery good chances to get more pirates into european parliament.

If you've never heard of the pirate party or ask yourself why this is relev=
ant, take a look at their position to filesharing / copyright written down =
in their common european election programme:

>> Copyright

PIRATES want a fair and balanced copyright law based on the interests of so=
ciety as a whole.

We strive for the abolition of information monopolies. The European Union h=
as given in to a series of demands to introduce information monopolies that=
 are supposedly designed to motivate creators and inventors to produce more=
 works. In reality the only beneficiaries of the monopolies are huge corpor=
ations, while the market as a whole is failing. This market failure is appa=
rent by the frequent bullying of individuals and SMEs by collecting societi=
es and the loss of orphan works to society. Our goal is to create an enviro=
nment where the motivation to create goes hand in hand with freedom of info=
rmation.

Improved public availability of information, knowledge and culture is a pre=
requisite for the social, technological and economic development of our soc=
iety. PIRATES therefore demand that copying, storing, using and providing a=
ccess to literary and artistic works for non-commercial purposes must not o=
nly be legalised but protected by law and actively promoted. Everyone shall=
 be able to enjoy and share our cultural heritage free from the threat of l=
egal action or censorship.

The commercial monopoly given by copyright should be restored to a reasonab=
le term. Derivative works shall always be permitted, with exceptions that a=
re very specifically enumerated in law with minimal room for interpretation.

The internet as a medium should know no borders. PIRATES consider artificia=
l national barriers for cultural goods a hindrance to the European internal=
 market and demand their abolishment. A change of approach is required in t=
he area of rights to intangible goods and their respective enforcement prac=
tices.

Further monopolies in the sectors of information and culture have to be pre=
vented. By law, the state should only allow or maintain monopoly rights for=
 intangible goods if these are in the public interest. Any monopoly rights =
must be temporally limited, neither their time-span nor their scope may be =
expanded retrospectively.

The creation of commons, such as free software, free cultural goods, open p=
atent pools and free and open educational material, must be promoted and le=
gally protected.

Social life, increasingly taking place in digital spaces, must not be restr=
icted by monopoly rights over intangible goods. The introduction of =93fair=
 use=94 regulations will ensure that social interactions remain unencumbere=
d.

European collecting societies must ensure comprehensive transparency, fair =
participatory rights for their members and fairer contract terms for artist=
s. <<

To solve it: They are people of the filesharing community, who decided to s=
tep into politics to fight for legalization of non-commercial filesharing a=
nd streaming of copyright protected works, instead of solving criminalizati=
on against us just by using more and more sophisticated methods to do files=
haring and streaming. One of their most famous election candidates is Pirat=
e Bay co-founder Peter Sunde; he's the candidate No. 1 of the finish pirate=
 party.


Greetings,
Torben Lechner
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